Jerry's Enterprises, Inc. is an operator of County Market,

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, Jerry's Foods and

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grocery stores headquartered in

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. Jerry's Foods is the largest Cub Foods

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in the United States and runs 20 retail supermarkets in the

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, 2 in

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and 10 in

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. Additionally Jerry's owns 4 Liquor stores (two operating as Cub Liquor), 5 Hardware stores, and 2 Print Shops, as well as additional property interests. Jerry's Enterprises was founded in 1947 by

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Gerald A. (Jerry) Paulsen.

Acquisitions

In 2004, the company expanded into Wisconsin with the purchase of two County Market stores from Dick Schmitz, a

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businessman, for an undisclosed price. In 2014, Jerry's purchased 7 Rainbow Foods stores from Roundy's, a Milwaukee company. 4 converted into Cub Foods and 3 remained Rainbow until they were converted or closed. All are located in Minnesota.

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